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SAN DIEGO -- She is the one they call "Susie Bowchick." She is the one, all 5 feet 3 inches of her, who is hoisted up the 110-foot mast in a harness to make a repair. She is the one who, before she reached her teens, had sailed around the world.This is Susie Leech Nairn, 28, a Severna Park High grad who is a member of the first women's team in the 144-year history of the America's Cup. The women, joined two weeks ago by only one man, as helmsman, are competing against two U.S. male teams for the right to defend the America's Cup against a foreign challenger in May.Nairn, an Annapolis resident since she was 4 -- except for two years to sail around the world with her parents and four years at the University of Virginia -- is living a dream.

College soccer Terps ' Mullins wins Hermann; Nairn 2nd in women's vote Maryland junior forward Patrick Mullins won the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, given to the best male player in NCAA Division I soccer, on Friday night. Mullins led the Terps with 17 goals and 10 assists. He scored seven game-winners to lead Maryland to a 20-1-3 record and a College Cup berth. Mullins is the second Terp to win the award, joining fellow New Orleans resident Jason Garey (2005)

Archbishop Spalding grad Christine Nairn has fit right in as the youngest member of the U.S. under-20 women's soccer team. Nairn was a second-half replacement in Sunday's 3-0 quarterfinal win over England, notching two assists in the victory. When on the field, Nairn, who will attend Penn State in the spring, has taken all the team's corner kicks and free kicks. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/varsityletters)

Colleges Nairn a finalist for MAC Hermann Trophy Penn State senior midfielder Christine Nairn (Archbishop Spalding) was named one of three finalists Thursday for the MAC Hermann Trophy, which is awarded by the Missouri Athletic Club to the nation's best women's soccer player. The other finalists are Virginia's Caroline Miller and North Carolina's Crystal Dunn . — Sun staff Men's lacrosse : Severna Park junior attackman Jonah Kozireski has committed orally to UMBC.

One of the latest soccer projects that Archbishop Spalding sophomore Christine Nairn has worked on is being able to bend a ball inside the far post from near the end line. It's no easy task, with the shot taken at a tough angle and the room to place it minimal, but that's fine. Having all the basics down long ago, Nairn, who has been playing soccer since she was 4, can afford to spend time on such luxuries. Whether it's in her backyard in Bowie, at a nearby school or wherever she may be, there's a good chance a soccer ball is right there with her. "Two things that have really stuck out with Christine are [that]

Spalding's All-Metro junior midfielder Christine Nairn has long had a knack for finding a corner of the goal and her shots can come from just about anywhere in the offensive third of the field. With defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champion John Carroll visiting yesterday in a rematch of last year's girls soccer title game, Nairn twice found corners, and her second goal in the 64th minute helped the No. 1 Cavaliers earn a 2-2 tie against the No. 5 Patriots.

Throughout her illustrious four-year soccer career at Archbishop Spalding, Christine Nairn showed a knack for scoring dazzling goals from anywhere on the field. She hit the powerful, knuckling strikes that found the net from 30 yards and, other times, dribbled past countless defenders on her to way to the goal before efficiently placing a shot to an open corner. By the time her high school career concluded with the 2007 season, Nairn, the All-Metro Player of the Year as a senior, totaled a school-record 70 goals.

BOYS Jake Trantin Archbishop Spalding, football Trantin, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound fullback-linebacker, led the Cavaliers to Friday's 47-40 upset victory over Dunbar (D.C.), a program that was ranked sixth in The Washington Post. Offensively, Trantin rushed for 140 yards on 15 carries and touchdowns of 3, 5 and 70 yards. Defensively, Trantin made 15 tackles against the Crimson Tide, who boast two nationally recruited Division I prospects in wide receiver Arrelious Benn and quarterback Nathan Bussey.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Christine Nairn Archbishop Spalding One minute, Nairn could be blasting a left-footed shot from 30 yards for a goal. The next, she could be finding a teammate up the field with a perfect pass. Combining incredible skills with an uncanny ability to read the game, Nairn was the area's most dangerous player this season. Also the All-Metro Player of the Year, the senior midfielder finished the season with 27 goals and 13 assists, and the Cavaliers reached the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference semifinals.

The heavy shot that came off the foot of Archbishop Spalding senior midfielder Christine Nairn two weeks ago in practice was like so many others over her high school career: Cleanly struck, low and knuckling, and quickly headed to the back of the net. The only difference was that in the way was the Cavaliers' senior goalie, Karen Blocker, who, also like so many other times in her career, was in the right place to turn it aside. "Christine has a crazy shot - it's awesome," Blocker said.

Women's college soccer Nairn's overtime goal puts Penn State into NCAA title match Senior midfielder Christine Nairn (Archbishop Spalding) tapped in the game-winner just 1:12 into overtime to give Penn State a 2-1 win over Florida State on Friday night and a berth in the NCAA women's championship game today in San Diego against North Carolina.The Seminoles tied the game with 41 seconds remaining, but the Nittany Lions (21-3-2) ended it quickly in the 91st minute when senior captain Maddy Evans hit a long pass from the right wing into the box and Nairn touched it in from 6 yards out. The Tar Heels (15-5-3)

Pimlico Race Course Ruler On Ice, J W Blue among field of 7 in Tesio Stakes Seven promising 3-year-olds with possible Preakness dreams will duel in today's $75,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico Race Course . Ruler On Ice and J W Blue are the one-two program selections in the 11/16-mile race. Ruler On Ice is a front-runner, and J W Blue has started off slowly in his past four races. Ruler On Ice (2-1) reaches Baltimore after starts at Aqueduct, Parx Racing and Sunland Park this year, including an allowance victory and a closing third in the Sunland Derby (Grade III)

Throughout her illustrious four-year soccer career at Archbishop Spalding, Christine Nairn showed a knack for scoring dazzling goals from anywhere on the field. She hit the powerful, knuckling strikes that found the net from 30 yards and, other times, dribbled past countless defenders on her to way to the goal before efficiently placing a shot to an open corner. By the time her high school career concluded with the 2007 season, Nairn, the All-Metro Player of the Year as a senior, totaled a school-record 70 goals.

Archbishop Spalding grad Christine Nairn has fit right in as the youngest member of the U.S. under-20 women's soccer team. Nairn was a second-half replacement in Sunday's 3-0 quarterfinal win over England, notching two assists in the victory. When on the field, Nairn, who will attend Penn State in the spring, has taken all the team's corner kicks and free kicks. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/varsityletters)

Seton Keough's B.J. Williams had the fans gasping early in the second quarter yesterday when she twisted her left ankle and had to be helped off the court. Ten minutes later, she had them cheering again. The senior guard dazzled the crowd with a series of nifty moves to lead the No. 1 Gators as they pulled away from No. 15 McDonogh for a 61-43 victory in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference semifinal. The host Gators, who last won the title in 2000, will meet five-time defending champion St. Frances for the crown tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Villa Julie.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Christine Nairn Archbishop Spalding One minute, Nairn could be blasting a left-footed shot from 30 yards for a goal. The next, she could be finding a teammate up the field with a perfect pass. Combining incredible skills with an uncanny ability to read the game, Nairn was the area's most dangerous player this season. Also the All-Metro Player of the Year, the senior midfielder finished the season with 27 goals and 13 assists, and the Cavaliers reached the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference semifinals.

The Archbishop Spalding girls soccer team members affectionately call assistant coach Bob Wagner "Bob-O," but Nostradamus might have been more appropriate Friday. In the wake of last Tuesday's 1-1 double-overtime tie against St. Vincent Pallotti, the Spalding coaching staff gave the players the next day off with a practice Thursday leading into Friday's game against Severn. Wagner, who coached the team in the absence of head coach Bob Dieterle who was away tending to family matters, knew precisely what would happen Friday and said as much to the referee.

When flipping through channels its rare to find a television show on sailing - and even more rare to find a live one. Enter T2P.tv. "We're sailing TV on the Internet," said Tucker Thompson, 31, who co-owns T2P.tv with Bruce Nairn, 53. The Annapolis-based firm broadcasts regattas in cyberspace to the sailing diaspora. The quality does not quite compare to sports coverage on the networks or cable. However, Thompson and Nairn do convey the feel of the race course. Thompson comments on wind shifts, on the favored side of the course, on what sailors are doing well, and doing badly.